Linux 7.2 released with cache-aware scheduler balancing and Btrfs large folios

Sources: LWN, r/linux
Summary: Linux 7.2 is released, and LWN published its summary of the release on 2026-08-16. The summary covers cache-aware load balancing in the CPU scheduler and large folio support in Btrfs, along with changes to swap handling and sandboxing. LWN also names common attributes for bpf(), Landlock improvements, and dm-inlinecrypt.
Why it matters: The release changes CPU scheduling, filesystem, swap, and sandboxing behaviour that distributions will carry into production kernels.